In a message dated 1/18/00 11:32:50 AM Pacific Standard Time,
WEmery7451@aol.com writes:
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In my opinion, I have had about the same results by cleaning my own blocks
with kerosene or brake clean inside the garage, and gasoline outside the
garage (dangerous) to eliminate the loss of plugs and cam bearings. Normal
wear on the cam bearings seemed to provide about the right clearance for
racing. Most people will not agree with this method. I would then change
the oil and oil filter after every race weekend to provide some self
cleaning.
Concerning the front oil galley plug: A set of three or four of these plugs
connected together with an end shaped for turning the set with a wrench use
to be available. Once the old plug was out, you would screw in the end plug
on the set and saw off the remainder of the set.
Good luck,
Bill Emery
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<snip>Matt,
I second Bill's excellent advice. To boil a TR2/4A block is counter
productive.
You may want to remove the oil gallery end plugs to use a gun bore cleaning
brush, as that bore MUST be clean, and solvents can just loosen crud in there.
To clean the water jacket, glue old figure 8 gaskets to protect the block
there,
and scrape or grind (die grinder, die) the jacket clean. (do not breathe the
stuff)
Tight cam bearings are not available. The red box ones are a joke, IMHO.
Have you checked the short head stud holes for cracks?
Hardy Prentice
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